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CHARLES IVIA
RHJ-RRS
=== Apr. 20, 1 9 9 1
In the
name
of
our
Lord JESUS CHRIST,
GREETINGS from
the Tip o'Texas
—BLESSINGS—
It
i s
a
pleasure
to
count our
blessings,
like;
our
health, which
is good and looking up .
—sharing
C h r i s t m a s g i f t s w ith officer s
and
crew
who
missed
Christmas,
being
on
the
high
seas.
—witnessing to
men and women
from
thirty
different nations
in the p a st
few months.
—attending the "Gulf Coast Maritime
Conferen ce"
in Houston of
Seamen's Centers on
the
e n t i r e c oa s t
of the Gulf of Mexico a nd the
Great
La ke s .
—presenting the wo r k i n
I t a l y a n d
of t h e
International
Seamen's
Center
to groups
in
Texas.
—teaching a
Bible
School class i n
the First
Ctiristian C h u r c h , H a r l i n g e n , Texas.
—vi s i t i n g mission churches
and
schools led by
C l i n t o n
& M e l b a
Looney
i n Mexi co .
— b r i n g i n g lectures
on
Esther and the A postle
John
to
Senior
Citizens
in the Shepherd's Center,
Brownsville,
—a en
day
trip i n a borrowed car to
M i s so u r i
a n d Ka n s a s
to
r e p o r t
to
c h u r c h e s ,
for our
f i r s t
check-up
with
our
Doctors since moving to
Texas
m o r e tiian a y e a r ago.
—seeing
fam i ly a n d ou r Forw a r d i n g A g e n t , Ray
Do w n e n
b r i e f l y
w h i l e on
this
trip,
(over)
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64802-0717
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—BLESSINGS IN
DISGUISE--
—Vie were caught in the flood
when
1 8 inches
of
rain
fell
in
a
few hours. The disguised
blessing
is
that our
car Is ruined. We
do
not
know
yet whether
our insurance will put us back on wheels.
—We are
s o
grateful
to a beautiful
Christian
family
who faithfull y
gave us $200
per
month until
a
radical change
in
their situation made
it
necessary
for them
to
cease. Ivia
and
I
are
eagerly waiting
to
see how the Lord
will fill
the gap,
WE ARE ALWAYS
GRATEFUL for
your support
that
makes
i t p o s s i b l e
for
u s to c o n t i n u e
our
w o r k
i n
I t a l y a n d
with the In ternational Seamen's Center, Port of
Brownsville,
Texas.
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CHARLES&
IVIA PHIPPS
Box 717
Joplln,
MO
64802-0717
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Charles was
HOSPITALIZED
7/28
FOR A
BOWEL
obstruc
tion; OPERATED
ON
FOR
A PERFO
RATED
BOWEL ON
7/31. At
Valley Baptist
Medical Center
2121 Pease.
Harlingen. TX
78550-8321...
Telephone is
512/421-1100.
Dear
Friends in
Christ
C h a r l e s ( s i n g i n g ) w i t h C L I N T O N L O O N E Y i n M e x i c o r e c e n t l y
T i p - o - T e x a n d t h e
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
S e a m e n ' s
C e n t e r , w h e r e
w e a r e
h a v i n g
a
b u s y s u m m e r .
L o t s o f s h i p t o
m i n i s t e r
t o , e s p e c i a l l y o n e
f r o m B r a z i l . C a p t a i n
R o b e r t o
G a m a s a y s , I n
m y 2 0
y e a r s
o f
n a v i g a t i o n , I
h a v e n e v e r e x p e r i e n c e d
t h i s
t y p e
o f
s i t u a t i o n .
T h e o w n e r s a r e
h a v i n g
f i n a n c i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s a n d h a v e s e n t v e r y l i t t l e m o n e y . T h e
c r e w
h a d n o t
^en
p a i d
f o r s e v e r a l m o n t h s , f o o d s u p p l y w a s a l m o s t n i l , t h e
s h i p i s
h e l d
h e r e u n t i l e s s e nt i a l r e p a i r s a r e m a d e , a n d
t o
a d d t o
i t a l l , t h e
s h i p
h a s
^en
a r r e s t e d
b y F e d e r a l M a r s h a l l s
b e c a u s e o f t h e o w n e r s '
u n p a i d
d e b t s t o
firms
elsewhere.
U n t i l ( i n s u f f i c i e n t )
f u n d s
a r r i v e d ,
w e
b r o u g h t
f o o d a n d
s u p p l i e s
t o t h e
o f f i c e r s
a n d c r e w . N e e d l e s s t o
s a y ,
t h e y w e r e v e r y g r a t e f u l
C o m m u n i c a t L o n h a s
n o t
b e e n
e a s y , s i n c e t h e i r l a n g u a g e
i s
P o r t u g u e s e a n d ,
e x c e p t
f o r
t h e C a p t a i n ' s l im i t e d u s e o f E n g l i s h
w e
h a v e f o u nd
o n l y
a
c o u p l e o f t h e
c r e w
t h a t
k n o w s
m o r e
t h a n
a f e w
w o r d s .
W e m a n a g e t h r o u g h
C h a r l e s
t r a n s l a t i n g
t o g e t
t h e m e s s a g e a c r o s s . T h e s i t u a t i o n
i s a t
a
s t a n d s t i l l a n d w e a r e p r a y i n g f o r
a h a p p y r e s o l u t i o n .
It
h a s b e e n
o v e r
a
y e a r
s i n c e s o m e of the c r e w h a v e s e e n t h e i r f a m i l i e s ; some of
t h e m
h a v e
young
children
and
are
feeling the hurt.
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i i l S
the PHIPPS—Charles
& Ivia
f i t
p ^ r a i s e
will
a . - v i - i r . . •
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CHARLES
IVIAPHIPPS
T h e
ITALIAN
CHRISTIAN HISSION
P.O. Box
717
*
Joplin, MO
64802-0717
Also
working
with
Porwarciing Agent: "They that g o down INTERNATIO NAL SEA MEN's
CENTER
Ray
Downen to sea in ships , Brownsville, TX 73523-4033
that do
business i n
great
waters...
t l ie s e
see the
works
of the Lord..."
—Psalm
107:23,24
FALL, 1991
"I
c ried out to the Lord, and
il e heard
me
f r c x n
His
Tanpl e.
Th e n I l a y do w n
a nd
s l e p t i n
p e a c e
A nd wo ke up s af e l y
For
the
L or d
was
w a t c h i n g
over me."
(Psalm
3 : 4 , 5 L iv in g
B i b l e )
This
beautiful verse
has meant
so
much to
us -
o Ivia two
and
a
half years a go i n I t a l y , and now i n the T i p o' Texa s
these past
two and
a
half months during Char les'
two
s ur ge r ie s
and our
time
of
"res t in g in Him ;
'
and getting bac k on trac k a g a i n ,
C h a r l e s c a m e through the
s e c ond
s u r g e r y f i n e , t oo, a n d i s ea t i n g
w e l l . He
wei gh s
1 2 4 l b s . now and
slowly
h i s
s t ren gth
i s coming
ba ck.
He
i s a b l e
to
work at
home now
and goes to
the Intern ational Seamen's Center
for s h o r t p e r io d s of
t i m e . Before l o n g , t h e
lord w i l l i n g , h e
w i l l be
up
to
c l i m b i n g g a n g p l a n k s a n d t h e s eve r a l f loo r s to the Ca p t a i n' s qua r t e r s on
bo a r d
the ships.
The
Cente r i s a l ive and we l l and ha s s een
a
steady
flow of s h i p s
i n Po r t
dur in g Cha r l e s' a b s en ce . We a re ea ge r
to g e t
ba ck
into
Hi s wo rk
there
Ivia
is
doing well
now,
t oo. Much stress caused
her to
have
b l o o d p r e s s u r e and b l ood sugar problems.
To add
to
it, an
insect bite
c a u s e d a s e r ious i nf e ct io n i n
h e r
foot. Af t e r good c a r e f ro m h e r do cto r
a n d
expe n s ive a n t i b io t i c s ,
s h e
i s g a i n i n g s t r e n g t h .
We have had many calls and letters
from
our faithful Italian
Christian
family
W e
thank
God
for them and
for a l l of
you
for your
p r a y e r s ,
c a r d s ,
m a t e r i a l
s u p p o r t
a n d l e t t e r s
of
e n cour a g e m e n t .
T h e y
have
truly
sustained
us.
We are grateful to Ray
Dow n e n
through this
t r y i n g
time for
k eeping a l l of you
informed,
a s
we l l
a s doing
hi s
usual
efficient job
a
For w a r d i n g Agent.
"Our"
p l a n , God w i l l i n g , i s to s e e a l l of you next S pring and
Summe r , b u t f i r s t w e mus t a s k
your
ea rne s t p ra ye r s that soon we may
continue
in
His work here
at
the
Port
of Brownsville, bringing the Good
News to t ho s e b r ave m e n a n d wo m e n "who
go
down
to t h e s e a i n s h i p s . "
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C H A R L E S A d d r e s s
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Wp would also covet
your
p r a v e r F i t h a t : t h e , ( i r e a f i f i d cancer not
return. Charles must h a v e p e r i o d i c t e s t s t o . . w a t c h for
t h i s _ .
P l e a s e
p r a y
f o r C h a r l e s
b r o t h e r . D o n ,
a s
h e , t o O f — b o u t s
w i t h
cancer
We close this letter v / i t h m u c h
t h a n k s
i n our hearts to G o d a n d
all of y o u for caring
a n d
sharing. O u r love a n d
p r a y e r s
Ibe
Phipps
C harl esand Ivia